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John Abercrombie Organ Trio at The Jazz Standard, NYC
by Budd Kopman
The John Abercrombie Organ TrioThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkNovember 15, 2007 If one did not know who John Abercrombie was, the natural thing would be to assume by the name of the group that he was an organist leading a trio with a drummer and a guitarist or a saxophonist -- the typical “organ trio." However, since Abercrombie is a guitarist, calling this group “The John Abercrombie Trio" would be equally confusing, since ...
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by Nenad Georgievski
Most ECM albums are not only about the notes that are played, but the space between those notes. The label's trademark contemporary sound shines through on prodigal guitarist John Abercrombie's The Third Quartet. Abercrombie is an immediately recognizable musician on that most overplayed of instruments, and the result is an album of extraordinary transcendence that defies glib categorization; such is the supreme appeal of his music, and especially this release. The Third Quartet is a marked continuation ...
Continue ReadingJohn Abercrombie: All About the Sound
by Paul Olson
John Abercrombie is the most important living jazz guitarist. That caught your attention, didn't it? Well, I'll insist it's true. No guitarist has a stronger recorded legacy than Abercrombie's. He moved to New York City in 1969 and immediately began carving out a reputation as a peerless, fearless player, doing road work with organist Johnny Hammond and recording with the Brecker Brothers' Dreams group. A stint in drummer Billy Cobham's band led to more touring and recording before ...
Continue ReadingMontreal Jazz Festival Day 7: July 4, 2007
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5-1 | Day 5-2 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 For the second of its two guests (guitarist Mike Stern was the first) in the Invitation Series, the 2007 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal selected Richard Bona to perform four shows over four nights at Place Des Arts' Theatre Jean-Duceppe. Since ...
Continue ReadingJohn Abercrombie: The Third Quartet
by Michael P. Gladstone
This album is so named since it is the third recording of these four musicians and by far it is the most impressive. Previous meetings Cat 'n' Mouse (ECM, 2002) and Class Trip (ECM, 2004) were less impressive. Guitarist John Abercrombie has been recording for ECM since the early 1970s and has produced a prodigious volume of virtually every type of jazz music one could imagine. The Third Quartet places at the very top of his long recording history.
Continue ReadingJohn Abercrombie Quartet: The Third Quartet
by Martin Gladu
John Abercrombie may well become the most recorded guitarist in jazz history--his discography being rather generous, to say the least. His collaboration with ECM spans three decades and counts over twenty solo albums with diverse formations and line-ups. Of those, the trios with organist Dan Wall and drummer Alan Nussbaum as well as Gateway (with drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Dave Holland) were particularly grabbing. A sought-after sideman, he also played on countless projects by Kenny Wheeler, Charles Lloyd, Billy ...
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